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Back when I was 16 and my dad gave me an interest free load to buy my first car. When I came home with my driver's license he shook my hand and gave me a quarter. He told me to put that in the glove box and to call him if I have any problems on the road. It was the olden days when pay phones were everywhere and cell phones were decades in the future.
Anyway he said to call him if I have issues except if I run out of gas. He went on to say if you are stupid enough to run out of gas you can figure out how get yourself out of that issue and you will learn how stupid it is to run out of gas. I was driving a 1960 VW bug and it did not have a gas gauge at all! That was an option in 1960 and my car did not get that option.
Many many miles later I have never run out of gas. I have been lower on fuel than I wanted on some occasions. I have had the fuel pump quit on the El Camino twice over the 355,000 miles and 27 year I have owned it. Get it towed home and R&R the pump out of the tank is no fun.
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Glen
49 Year member of the Porsche Club of America
1985 911 Carrera; 2017 Macan
1986 El Camino with Fuel Injected 350 Crate Engine
My Motto: I will never be too old to have a happy childhood!
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